158 XCVIJI, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Barleria. 
41. B. violascens, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 265. Leaves 
21 by } in., lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, subsessile. Bract 1 by 
js in., linear. Anticous calyx-segment } in. long, bilobed 4—} the way 
down. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, lower very much smaller; 
otherwise as B, polyneura.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 391. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, 5000-5300 ft., Welwitsch, 5016! 5028! 
Antunes, 67! 
42. B. obtusisepala, (. B. Clarke. Branches full of cystoliths, 
glabrous. Leaves up to 3} by 7-1 in., lanceolate, subsessile, reticulate- 
nerved, when young with small scattered hairs on the surface anda few 
yellow stiff hairs on the margin, when mature nearly glabrous. Flowers 
approximated in the upper axils; bract nearly 1 by } in. Two outer 
calyx-segments similar, subequal, } by 1 in., quadrate-oblong, suddenly 
narrowed at the top, apiculate, minutely hairy and with a few yellow 
stiff hairs on margin; two inner calyx-segments 4 in. long, glabrous, 
with stalked glands at the top. Ovary and style glabrous, ovules 2 in 
each cell, lower much smaller; disc very short.—Barlerie sp. nova, 
‘B. salicifolie affinis, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 270. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5162! 
43. B. Welwitschii, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 267. Root 
woody; branches 1 ft. long or more, minutely pubescent, as are the 
innovations. Leaves up to 4 by 1 in., oblanceolate, obtuse, attenuate 
at the base, subsessile, when mature minutely pubescent on the midrib 
beneath. Flowers approximated in the upper axils; bract 4-3 by 
yo-vz in., linear or slightly spathulate. Posticous sepal 3 by 4-4 iDs 
quadrate-oblong, tip short triangular, minutely pubescent; anticous 
calyx-segment nearly similar but 2-nerved and the tip minutely 
notched ; two inner sepals } in. long, very pubescent ; whole calyx with 
gland-tipped several-celled hairs. Corolla cream colour; tube 1 in 
jong: Ovary glabrous.—Lindau in Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
v . 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5091! 
44, B. alata, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 266. Innovations 
pubescent, and with gland-tipped several-celled hairs, branches up t© 
15 in. long, “‘ pruinose” to the naked eye, minutely and densely pube- 
scent with very small white curved hairs. Leaves up to 54 by 2in., 
when mature nearly glabrous with minute hairs on the nerves beneath, 
tip triangular-acute, base triangular-acuminate so that the petiole 
appears winged. Flowers solitary in remote axils, also approximate 
in the upper axils; bract 4-4 in. long, linear. Calyx pubescent and 
with gland-tipped several-celled hairs; posticous segment 3 in. Jong; 
quadrate-oblong, tip depressed-triangular ; anticous segment nearly 
similar, but 2-nerved with the tip minutely notched; two interior 
calyx-segments } in. long. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, inflated nearly from 
the base; lobes 4-4 in. long. Ovary glabrous, setulose at the tp; 
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